- Armen Keteyian
Armen Keteyian (born
March 6 ,1953 inDetroit, Michigan ) is an American television journalist and author. He is currentlyCBS News ' Chief Investigative Correspondent; he also files reports forHBO 's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel ".Keteyian graduated from
Lahser High School inBloomfield Hills, Michigan , and earned a journalism degree fromSan Diego State University in 1976.He lives in
New Canaan, Connecticut with his wife Dede and two daughters.Career
Keteyian started his
journalism career as a sports and feature writer inSan Diego , freelancing for theSan Diego Union-Tribune and San Diego Magazine (1980-1982). He did this after working as a staff writer or the Times-Advocate (now theNorth County Times ) inEscondido , Calif. (1978-80)From 1982-89, Keteyian worked as a writer for
Sports Illustrated . He then joinedNBC Sports as a reporter and producer. In 1989, he joinedABC News as a correspondent; he contributed stories to "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings". In 1997, he joined CBS Sportsas a reporter where he contributes to the network's NCAA college basketball and NFL telecasts. In addition to his CBS Sports duties, Keteyian is also a correspondent on the HBO newsmagazine, "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel". At the end of the2005 NFL season , Keteyian left his work as a sideline reporter to work as the chief investigative reporter forCBS News .Keteyian is the recipient of eight Emmy Awards, including four for
CBS Sports , three for coverage of theTour de France (2002-04) and one for aSuper Bowl pre-game piece about NFL quarterbacks and their sons (2005). He also has twoSports Journalism Emmys for "Real Sports" — a report on the financing of Bank One Ballpark, nowChase Field , inPhoenix, Arizona (1998) and a story on high school basketball starAmare Stoudemire (2001). Keteyian also has written or co-written nine books including theNew York Times best-seller "Why You Crying?", the biography of comedian-actorGeorge Lopez .External links
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/07/utility/printable1379341.shtml Keteyian's CBS News Bio]
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/primarysource/main501263.shtml "Primary Source"] Keteyian's blog at CBS News Investigates
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